Re building your own moto track ?

[B0000M]

farmers just arent keen anymore.

there is the odd exception, but not many

[Deano]

Fuckwits who buy a house beside an MX track are the biggest problem for dirtbikes these days. before these assholes didnt bother us, but since they want a nice farm place away from the city, and the fuckwits buy a house beside an MX or dirtbike park (their fault) and bitch and ask them to close. FUCK off the park was their first before your desicion to build a house beside it.
idiots...
WM

I agree IF the track is/was set up legally. But if you aren't meeting the relevant noise rules and only getting away with it because there are no neighbours.....well you have to expect that one day people may want to live nearby, and you then have to meet the noise rule....perhaps lucky to get away with it for so long ?

[scott411]

Why doesn't this happen any more? Aren't farmers so keen on the idea? Or do the riders only like purpose-built tracks?

its not the case exactly, it is harder to get land with OSH and resource consent concerns, but thier are other reasons as well

one of the big differences is the fact that 15 people used to turn up and help mark and dissasemble the track, now most clubs are run by 3-5 poeple and the rest turn up, pay to ride, then go home,(then winge when they don;t like something) it is easier to get one place ready than to move every month,
sure their are some private promotors that make some money out of these things but most mx clubs pay thier bill and thats about it,

if you wanted to organise one of these days its not to hard, most cases you do not need a resource consent to hold a couple of meetings a year on the place, you will need to pay the farmer normally as the damage is noticealbe, riders do like these days if they are run well, have a look at the Kawasaki good times scrambles, Greg Powers saturday summer scrambles, KTM Grass O Cross, and so on, these are huge numbers compared to club days on permerment tracks.

Best things about these natural tracks is usually the less injuries,

[cheese]

Fuck I'll put my hand up to help mark out and stuff. All people have to do is ask!!

[dnos]

My Uncle got a digger to put a small track in on his mums farm, just a few jumps and burms for a bit of fun. He recently extended it by heaps but the new part is more enduro kinda terain.
He reckons he gets bored with it pretty easily but my cousins and I love visiting and having a blast around getting like three feet of air. Haha.
Not too many neighbours around their farm, and no public coming along so haven't had any issues about noise.

If you have a bit of space for one of these then it would be fun, and all of a sudden you will have more mates. But remember that unless ya go all out you will probably end up getting a bit bored with it too. And the tracks get ripped up rather quickly and require touching up.

[scott411]

Fuck I'll put my hand up to help mark out and stuff. All people have to do is ask!!

go up and offer, you get sick of asking and normallyu your just wokring your ass off to get everything ready, most of the time the guys will let you ride for free if you turn up on saturday and help, see who is running the show and go up and ask,